Those Blue Paper Pants
Blue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…
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By Laura Niebauer Palmer Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are
To my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
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To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence
To the woman I was once after pregnancy loss, I'll never forget the day we met—even though an entire decade…
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I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold
With each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
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By Megan Hanlon There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss
My first feeling was shock, followed by a messy crush of emotions—disappointment, guilt, relief. After enduring three years of invasive…
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We Can’t Keep Miscarriage Quiet To Keep Other People Comfortable
I am 1 in 4. In May, I had a miscarriage. I started bleeding over the holiday weekend. I made…
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By Bradleigh Hollister I Never Want To Forget the Story of You
If I don’t write it all down, will I forget? Will there come a day when I no longer remember…
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By Katelyn Brown I Can’t Wait To Hug You in Heaven
Sometimes life just isn’t fair. In fact, at times, life is just plain cruel. In one moment, your whole world…
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By Beth Bacon Having a Big Family Doesn’t Erase the Pain of Loss
I thought about you today. We took our annual back-to-school photos, and I was arranging them in a collage. I…
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As Long As I Live I’ll Carry You With Me
Seven years ago I was pregnant with you, my first baby. The excitement I felt when I saw that little…
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To the Loss Mom Questioning God
Although God doesn’t always shield us from our challenges, he does promise to transform us through them. If you’ve ever…
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By Christine Koehring Even As You Hold Your Rainbow, it’s OK To Cry For the Storm
It was late in the evening, after a day and a half of labor, when I heard the words, “It’s…
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